[Intro, sparse room ambience] Key against the bowl Light beneath the door I know where the floor gives I step there anyway [Verse 1] The refrigerator settles Someone moves a chair upstairs I have heard those sounds for years They were always there Your message takes a second Before you start to speak I can hear you walking somewhere Hear your jacket brush your sleeve [Pre-Chorus] I turn the volume higher Set the phone beside the bed There’s a sound outside your window That I still haven’t placed [Chorus] Let it play Past the part where I press replay Let your voice reach the end this time Let the little numbers change I’ll be here When the room comes back around With the traffic at the window And my feet against the ground [Instrumental refrain, wordless close harmonies] [Verse 2] There’s a glass beside the faucet I wash it with the rest Dry my hands against my shirt Leave a wrinkle at my chest Halfway through your message I get up to let air in The window catches, then it opens And I miss a word again [Pre-Chorus] My hand goes toward the speaker I leave it on the sill Somebody laughs below me I stand and listen still [Chorus] Let it play Past the part where I press replay Let your voice reach the end this time Let the little numbers change I’ll be here When the room comes back around With the traffic at the window And my feet against the ground [Dance break, floorboard percussion, restrained strings] [Bridge, almost whispered] My hand still lifts Where yours would meet it I know the height I know the turn I follow through Across the kitchen My heel comes down The floorboard answers [Final Chorus, wider harmonies, fuller movement] Let it play I can hear you from across the room There’s a bus beneath the window There’s a dish I ought to move I’m still here When your voice comes to an end For a while I leave the window open Let the evening settle in [Outro, room ambience, softly sung] The screen goes dark My hand stays on the sill Someone calls from down the hallway And I answer, “Coming.”
